Nine To Noon for Tuesday 18 November 2008
09:05 New cabinet line-up
John Key, Incoming Prime Minister
09:20 Census of Marine Life
Dr Don Robertson, chief scientist in biodiversity and biosecurity at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.
The Census of Marine Life is a global network of researchers in more than 80 nations engaged in a 10-year scientific initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans. The world's first comprehensive Census of Marine Life - past, present, and future - will be released in 2010.
09:30 Tracking flu trends via Internet
Dr Phil Polgreen, he director of the Infectious Disease Society of America's Emerging Infections Network.
A new web tool, Google Flu Trends, has been launched, based on the idea that people who are feeling sick will probably turn to the internet for information. Research has also been carried out analysing queries from the Yahoo! search engine. It came up with models which predicted increases in cases of influenza 1-3 weeks in advance of when they occurred.
09:45 US correspondent Richard Adams, Washington editor of The Guardian
10:05 Winemaker and viticulturalist
Jane Hunter, owner, viticulturist and managing director of Marlborough's Hunter's Wines.
10:30 Book Review with Carole Beu
Swimmers' Rope by Stephanie Johnson
Published by Vintage
ISBN 978 186 9790 257
10:45 Book Reading:The Blue by Mary McCallum
Episode 2 of 15
11:05 Business with Rod Oram, Business and Economic commentator
Rod looks at the new government's ministerial line up and what it means for business and the economy.
11:30 Learning to Learn - real life learning
Professor Guy Claxten, Co-Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning and a Professor of the Learning Sciences, at the University of Winchester.
11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch
Denis looks at whether the Electoral Finance Act affected the election campaign debate and advertising.